By turning a long line of mirrors, the first solar thermal plant in nearly two decades was launched last week in Bakersfield, California. Unlike solar photovoltaic systems that convert sunlight into electricity, this plant will focus sunlight on tubes that contains water. The light heats the water, creating steam, thus turning turbines.
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DAVID JOS has been soaking up the sun for almost a year now and, frankly, he’s becoming a bit strange.
Take his daily ritual, for instance. First, he opens his front door and makes a beeline to two metal boxes, roughly a foot square, outside of his home behind a euonymus bush. He checks the digital [...]

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States eager to promote renewable energy are increasingly passing laws that allow homeowners to overcome local opposition to home solar panels and wind turbines.
Since 2005, eight states — including four last year — have enacted laws to abolish stringent rules imposed by some homeowners associations and local agencies on residents who want to power their [...]

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